rcaffin wrote:When you get to the Colo-Meroo campground, you can go up to Meroo itself. A bit of a steep climb, but not too far. At the 'top' there are two tracks. The one on the right goes to Mt Lagoon (longish) via a narrow rocky ridge and then across the plateau. The one on the left goes to the Meroo trig. There is room for a couple of tents up there somewhere, but (obviously) no water.
I would like to travel a loop; Upper Colo - Colo Meroo - Maile's Ridge - Gospers Ridge - Sam's Way - Mountain Lagoon Trail - Comleroy Road.
The issue of concern is I want to do the trip by CX bike + is the 4km of apparently steep ridge defined well at the moment ? I have not travelled Maile's Ridge or Gosper's Ridge before.
It is likely I may go alone - is the navigation to find the start at the bottom in Colo Meroo tricky ? I won't have a GPS.
I will swap out of my SPD shoes into runners early on to carry the large bicycle. I have previously walked in and out of the T3 track alone (but then got lost in heavy rain while walking out with 2 others)
EDIT. 26/06. Trip done, carrying a fixie. 32km from Upper Colo. Colo Meroo access was confusing + I passed through three gates that said no trespassing, but no-one came out of two different houses to challenge me as I walked through properties. Sign there guides you to Mailes Ridge walking track. Took 7 hrs to do this loop via Sam's Way. The Mailes Ridge track was indistinct at times, taking up much precious daylight. Gosper's Ridge trail has soil berms caused by trail-bikes
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Cycling downhill 550m under starlight through Wollemi NP from Mountain Lagoon to Upper Colo under starlight was incredible
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